Hey folks, I'm calling this a beta!
 

The ChangeLog.txt tells all:
Also noteworthy: the addition of grub 2.0 to the A/ series, and the move to Firefox 24 ESR.

I'll upload my rebuilt glibc multilib packages as soon as possible.

Eric

(note: the "I" of the subject line is Pat, not me...!)

Thanks to Pat and all! Updating as I type!

An auspicious event for my own thousandth post!

Will we be able to choose at install time whether to use LILO or Grub?

I was just wondering the same question.

But great to see the addition of Grub.
now bash-completion from extra to standard and it would even be better

Sure! But GRUB will require some command line work. :)

Great new about grub. Even if I prefer lilo.
Thanks Pat!

I am ambivalent about Grub. My only attempt to use it was not successful (ca. 2003-4 I think).

To this point I am totally happy with Lilo and will not change until I have a reason.

But curious - was UEFI the driver behind the inclusion of Grub? Or something else like, "by popular demand"?

Will there be an option to not use the ESR of Firefox, like an updated Slackbuild in /extra?

Thank you Pat and the rest for your great work!

Good, thanks, Pat and all other contrib.

Is there a chance that the new version (0.95.5) of WindowMaker will be included in Slackware 14.1?
http://lists.windowmaker.org/dev/msg05329.html

Please upgrade MESA to 9.2 (many bug fixes).

Yes. I think UEFI was the only reason for having GRUB2 added and in the A/ series even.

Eric

From http://mesa3d.org/relnotes/9.2.html

Thanks Slackware team !

+1

slint-14.1 beta is also ready.

Eric:
Does today's updates need anything special done?
It appears that they replaced the multilib ones you provided...
Good work and Thank you.

Please either upgrade or remove xfig becasue the current xfig is unusable.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ig-4175476926/
http://xfig.org/art17.html

EDIT: [SOLVED] Upgraded

Beta!! Very cool!
Upgraded all of my boxen and all are running well. Many thanks, Pat! :)

Loving the addition of Grub2. I know we've had Grub-Legacy hiding in the sources for a while now, but never a true part of Slackware or even Extras.

I too hope we can see a choice between eLilo, Grub2, and maybe even SysLinux at installation.

This release is going to be very exciting.

I only provided updated glibc packages for slackware-current. I have no fixed time frame by which I can make packages for older Slackware releases available - I do this Slackware stuff in my free time, and that time is very limited at the moment.

Eric

Great news! Thank you Pat and team! I will upgrade on my next free day.

Not so crazy about the Firefox change, but other than that, I think it'll be a great release. On the desktop side, KDE 4.10.5 is very stable, and Xfce users will now enjoy Thunar with tabs and all :-)

That's great news!

Thank Eric:
Anything goes south, I guess I'll have to "get current"

But I was only wondering what the ramifications may be to the system.
I guess I should worry needlessly, you guys are way smarter than I am.

Thanks for all you do!

It's your choice to stick with the multilib version of glibc which you had installed prior to the upgrade. The new package in Slackware fixes an integer overflow, see http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=137901344720874&w=2 but I have not seen reports of exploits.

I will eventually release patched multilib packages but I first need to upgrade my own virtual machines, and the server hardware died last weekend and I am busy replacing two drives after already having had to replace the case and PSU. The computer in the living room and that of my son had software issues as well, which of course have priority (family first even though those were Windows issues)... time is not working in my favour at the moment.

Eric

Eric:

You don't owe me any explanations.

Peace.

Well, I did have to roll back those installs using true multilib Slackware64
and a local stash of /home/jj/Documents/Archives/Slackware/multilib/14.0/slackware64-compat32/

Scarey too. Skype, Thunderbird, and rainlendar2 all quit working.

Fortunately, It was only for a minute.

I'm looking forward to the final release. Thanks Pat, Eric and the team.

Regards.

I want to add my thanks to Pat & all who have worked on Slackware through the years. I am quite happy about having grub2 as part of the distribution. I have been removing lilo & installing grub2 since grub2 has been available. It is not as intuitive as grub-legacy, but it's also not near as difficult as people try to make it appear.
Regards,
Bill

Thank you to all who work on Slackware (Pat, Eric, Robby and many more)!

I'm honored to be a Slacker. :-)

I can't help thinking that Slackware 14.1 is going to be an especially awesome release, more so than the .0, which, in my experience, was less than stellar.

Go Slackware! :hattip:

In fact, I put my money where my mouth is, and pre-ordered 14.1. Since I have not had a subscription since 11.0, I think it fitting to support Pat now, seeing as how impressive this release of Slackware is shaping up to be. :)

Thank you.

I'm not sure whether I'm more excited about the upcoming release of my favourite band's album (Dream Theater) or my favourite OS. Both are going to be special!

aren't they all? ;)

'Tis true. But 14.0 didn't agree with my machine, mostly because the 3.2.29 kernel caused it to panic, but everything else was good, once I got the 3.4.10 kernel running on the machine, hence the 'especially' modifier. They are all awesome, but it is always better for the installation and first-time boot to go smoothly, which they had until 14.0.

Thanks Slackware team !

I have uploaded new glibc multilib packages for Slackware 13.37 and 14.0 and also refreshed the packages in the "slackware64-compat32" directories there. See the RSS feed.

Eric

Nice! GNU chess is updated too.

Is there any chance of Linux kernel 3.11 making it into this release -- perhaps in testing?

Thanks Pat and team!

Another step towards total world domination...hehe.
Grub is a welcome addition and will be used by many recent Slack converts. Must admit, grub was all I knew
till I started with Slackware (12.1) but lilo suits me just fine at present.

Very cool about GRUB2.
Thx all.

I use Grub2 on Slackware 13.37 and now to 14.0.
I am happy Grub2 is now officially supported.:hattip:

Blair the album while upgrading your Slackware, that'll be one awesome day.

Kind of unhappy with grub2.
Tried an install with it a day or two ago
grub-install blah blah blah [ENTER]
and fifty screens of stuff flew by on the monitor. That bothers me. Remember the KISS principle
Even though it worked, when I rebooted and the grub boot selections came up. They were all called
"Slackware 14.0"
I had six of them. There is probably a way to change that, which I will learn sooner or later.
It just seems that lilo.conf or elilo.conf are so much easier to understand.
Just my $2 (inflation Huh?)
John

Yeah, I am also more comfortable with lilo and like how it works. When 14.1 comes out I may try GRUB on one of my boxes just for the novelty. :)

When Slackware shipped only LILO, every now and then someone would complain that it didn't offer grub. Now Grub2 is offered for those who want it and people complain that it is there. :) I don't get it. Same thing with when NetworkManager was added...

Didn't mean to offend. You know "teaching an old dog new tricks" and all that.
I'm all in with whatever PV decides on for Slackware's new boot loader.
Already studying grub2 manual. I hope it solves the initial efi boot problem.
It looks like it may be able to boot into setup from the install dvd while in UEFI mode.
That would be great news.
John

LILO won't be going anywhere. GRUB was added purely because it's a nice option for UEFI (and LILO doesn't work there at all). So use it if you like (for UEFI or BIOS)... otherwise, don't.

There is a 64-bit Skype at Slacky with the 32-bit libraries built in.

http://www.slacky.eu/asche64/pkgs/in...er=16&pkg=2111

Very reassuring! Thanks!

No offense taken, man :)